Psalms 139
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PSALM 139
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, thou hast me search'd and known.
2Thou know'st my sitting down,
And rising up; yea, all my thoughts
afar to thee are known.
3My footsteps, and my lying down,
thou compassest always;
Thou also most entirely art
acquaint with all my ways.
4For in my tongue, before I speak,
not any word can be,
But altogether, lo, O Lord,
it is well known to thee.
5Behind, before, thou hast beset,
and laid on me thine hand.
6Such knowledge is too strange for me,
too high to understand.
7From thy Sp'rit whither shall I go?
or from thy presence fly?
8Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there;
there, if in hell I lie.
9Take I the morning wings, and dwell
in utmost parts of sea;
10Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead,
thy right hand hold shall me.
11If I do say that darkness shall
me cover from thy sight,
Then surely shall the very night
about me be as light.
12Yea, darkness hideth not from thee,
but night doth shine as day:
To thee the darkness and the light
are both alike alway.
13For thou possessed hast my reins,
and thou hast cover'd me,
When I within my mother's womb
inclosed was by thee.
14Thee will I praise; for fearfully
and strangely made I am;
Thy works are marv'llous, and right well
my soul doth know the same.
15My substance was not hid from thee,
when as in secret I
Was made; and in earth's lowest parts
was wrought most curiously.
16Thine eyes my substance did behold,
yet being unperfect;
And in the volume of thy book
my members all were writ;
Which after in continuance
were fashion'd ev'ry one,
When as they yet all shapeless were,
and of them there was none.
17How precious also are thy thoughts,
O gracious God, to me!
And in their sum how passing great
and numberless they be!
18If I should count them, than the sand
they more in number be:
What time soever I awake,
I ever am with thee.
19Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wicked slay:
hence from me bloody men.
20Thy foes against thee loudly speak,
and take thy name in vain.
21Do not I hate all those, O Lord,
that hatred bear to thee?
With those that up against thee rise
can I but grieved be?
22With perfect hatred them I hate,
my foes I them do hold.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart,
try me, my thoughts unfold:
24And see if any wicked way
there be at all in me;
And in thine everlasting way
to me a leader be.
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Psalms 139
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Psalm 139
This is a song that David wrote.
It is for the music leader.
God understands me #139:1 This psalm is in 4 parts: Verses 1-6: God knows all about us. Verses 7-12: We cannot hide from God. Verses 13-18: God made us. Verses 19-24: David prays about his enemies and himself.
1 Lord, you look deep inside me,
and you know all about me.
2You know when I sit down,
and you know when I get up.
Even when you are far away,
you understand what I am thinking about.
3You see me when I go out,
and you see me when I stay at home.
You know everything that I do!
4Yes Lord, before I open my mouth to speak,
you know what I will say.
5You are all around me, in front of me and behind me.
You put your hand on me to help me.
6You know so much about me, it is wonderful.
I cannot understand it.
My thoughts cannot reach as high as that!
7Is there anywhere that I can go
to run away from your Spirit?
Anywhere that I go, you are already there!
8If I go up to heaven,
you would be there.
If I dig deep down into the ground to reach Sheol,
you would be there too.
9If I fly away to where the sun rises in the east,
or to the other side of the sea in the west,
you would be there.
10You would use your hand to lead me.
Your strong right hand would keep me safe.
11I might say, ‘I will hide myself in the dark,
and the light round me will change into night.’
12But it is never too dark for you to see.
For you, the night has as much light as the day.
Darkness and light are the same to you!
13You made every part of me.
You made me grow inside my mother before I was born.
14I thank you for the wonderful way that you have made me.
Everything that you do is wonderful!
I know it is true.
15While you caused me to grow in a secret place,
none of my body was hidden from you.
You made me deep in the earth. #139:15 ‘A secret place’ and ‘deep in the earth’ mean inside his mother before he was born.
16Your eyes watched me before I was born.
Before I had seen the light of day,
you decided how many days I would live!
You wrote it down in your book.
17You have so many thoughts about me, God,
that I cannot understand them all.
18They are too many for me to count,
more than the sand on the shore of the sea.
Even if I finished counting them,
you would still be there!
19God, you should surely destroy the wicked people!
Yes, you murderers, leave me alone!
20Those people say bad things against you, God.
Your enemies always tell lies.
21 Lord, I hate those people who hate you.
I have no time for those who turn against you.
22Yes, I really hate them.
Your enemies are my enemies too.
23Please God, look deep inside me.
See what is there in my thoughts.
24Show me if I am following any evil way.
Lead me in the right way that has always been true.
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